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I was scrolling on social media, and I just happen to see a young woman in red with a Monique attitude telling the crowd that they were just standing but not grooving. She said Whoa Whoa ... wait!  Y'all ain't grooving into this groove the way y'all need to be grooving into this groove.
 I asked out loud: Is that Janet Jackson? And it was. When I got the question out of my mouth, I heard her say: That's right, baby, groove.

 I was so tickled because I have never seen Janet Jackson with a Monique attitude. Usually she has a sweet and shy attitude. Now, you know how music artist do in concert. They make dialogue a part of the act when they are singing sometimes. If that was what Janet was doing, she had a powerful and meaningful expression. I've never seen her act like that before.

 So the next time if you go to a Janet Jackson concert, remember,  y'all need to groove. Don't stand around like you're dead. You know what you are going to see when you get tickets to a Janet Jackson concert. I'm Gail Nobles. ...

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Today's topic: Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need To Get By. There are several notable cover versions of the song.

Johnny Mathis and Denise Williams, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and some others have cover versions of the song You're All I Need To Get By. It was originally recorded by R&B soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell and released on Motown records Tamia label in 1968.

The song was written by Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. It became one of the few Motown recordings of the 1960s that was not recorded with the familiar Motown sound. Instead the song had a more soulful and gospel oriented theme surrounding it that was influenced by the writers who also sing background vocals on the recording sharing vocals in a church choir in New York City.

You're All I Need To Get By was a great song for Aretha Franklin to sing, and she recorded the song as a single in 1971. The song was also included on her compilation album Aretha's Greatest Hits release later the same year. Her version peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It also features in a 2020 holiday advertisement for Walmart.

Most people love the original version of You're All I Need To Get By. Aretha knew how to sing her version without leaving the original way of singing it, but still singing it her way. Her version is loved too, and already the song had a gospel sound, and Aretha was also known for singing gospel. The song was just right for Aretha Franklin.

Thank you for tuning in and listening to today's topic Aretha Franklin. You're All I Need To Get By. Tune in again next time for more. I'm Gail Nobles.

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Today's topic: Shirley Jones: Baby Don't Go Yet from her 2024 album Reflections Shirley Jones or the Jones Girls has released her 45th anniversary tribute album and memory of her sisters titled Reflections in Loving Memory. It's a tribute album honoring her late sister Brenda and Valorie of the Jones Girls. The album has 10 songs, and the first track on the album is Baby Don't Go Yet. You’ll Love It.

The Jones Girls were a trio of sisters that had a number of hit singles in late 1970s and 80s. Shirley went on to have a solo career, but if you loved the Jones Girls, then you will love the continued legacy of the Jones girls. We still have Shirley Jones to keep the Jones Girls Legacy alive.

Jones’s album Reflections in Loving Memory is available now on all streaming platforms. You'll love the album. You've got to check it out.

I really love the first single Baby Don't Go Yet. There is great and beautiful harmony. In the harmony, the Jones Girls still live. In other words, in spirit they are alive together in harmony.

I'm Gail Nobles. Today's topic: Shirley Jones.

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Aaliyah called her sound street but sweet. It's a fact Aaliyah showed us a little more than that. We heard some R&B like One in a Million, The One I Gave My Heart To, At Your Best, and Rock the Boat. If you paid attention, you know that Aaliyah wasn't just hip-hop and beat. Aaliyah gave us variety.

In my opinion, Aaliyah was like a little Jody Watley singing More Than a Woman, and If Your Girl Only Knew because she had a long hairdo like Jody Watley and attitude. They both could dance and sing, but they had different styles. Jody Watley was in the singing and dancing business a lot longer. I would have loved to have seen them perform together. But Aaliyah was beginning to sing and perform on stage with other performers. She was growing and maturing, and who knows all what she might have done if she had lived.

I find that even her hand signature was very artistic whenever she signed autographs for her fans. A-A-L-I-Y-A-H was her name.

We have come to the end of a podcast episode about the Princess of R&B Aaliyah. I'm Gail Nobles.

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When I heard Michael Jackson the singer, I never really recognize the changes in his voice. When I listen to him growing up, I noticed that he had a very high voice range. I could not tell when he sounded a little raspy. All I was hearing was a child's voice. When he was a boy, to me his singing was perfect. And when I would try to sing with his records, I didn't feel comfortable singing in high range with him. Michael could sing very high and loud. I wasn't a loud singer. I just sing out enough to be heard. Singing along with Michael's voice was never easy.

Ben the two of us need look no more…
Starting out with him was OK, but when he started singing in that high range …With the friend to call my own….. that's the part that's not always easy.

When I begin listening to Michael Jackson, when he was at age 18 or 19, then I noticed that he was no longer singing like little Michael Jackson. I noticed his voice changed then, but I never paid much attention to it because I loved his singing still. To my ears he had a great sounding voice as an adult soprano.Just a little bit of you everyday…Michael still had a beautiful young sounding voice is a young man.


When he started singing his hit singles in his 20s like Rock With You, I noticed the shake in his voice more. ...close your eyes, Let the rhythm get into you.

And as the years went by, as Michael Jackson got older, his voice changed some more. His voice got more raspy and sometimes deep. But even his raspy voice sounded good to me. I still enjoyed hearing him sing because I could still hear Michael Jackson.

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now.

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First, let's talk about rap music and the music industry. Today rap music is a more complex thing to me than it was when it first started. Rap music became like a street thing with violence. It crushed my dreams from wanting to become a rapper. When rap first started, it was simply all about having fun and entertainment. It started in the early 70s. It was a good thing in the 80s. It kept some people off the street where I'm from. Some of us had dreams and wanted to become famous and make rap records. We would get together in school and have rap contest. Those were the good old days. Our parents told us we wouldn't make it that way. I believe we could have back then considering what's going on now.
It seemed like the music industry began to change and so did hip-hop in the 90s. I saw how hip-hop was affecting things.

I didn't know what was going on in 1989 when Whitney Houston got booed, and why I was hearing all the talk about her not being black enough at the Soul Train Music Awards. I believe something was happening then. Then everybody was talking about hip-hop singing Mary J. Blige in 1992. But by then, Whitney Houston went on to act in a romantic thriller film The Bodyguard in 1992.

But getting back to hip-hop, it seemed in the 90s rap music was popular because of the West Coast - East Coast thing. By then, I wasn't interested in rap that much. To me, some people started looking at black as hip-hop. I never consider the race thing in music as far as all of the violence. Music was becoming a violent thing to me because Tupac got shot and Biggie got shot. It made me think that music was not just music anymore and hip-hop wasn't hip-hop anymore.

Then all of a sudden I was hearing that Michael Jackson was facing allegations of child sexual abuse in 1993 and 2003 then in 2009 he dead in 2012 Whitney Houston died our biggest stars after that prince died in 2016 then R. Kelly went to jail in 2022 for sex trafficking now I'm seeing P. Diddy in the news. Things ain't right in the music world. That's what the headlines have been telling us. Not tabloids with the gossip, but headlines and television. So what's behind the music? Why are all these bad things happening to our favorite stars? Why are they being accused of sex crimes? Why are they going to jail? And these are very successful people. Think on these things.

Thank you for listening to CB news. I'm Gail Nobles.

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Hello! I'm Gail Nobles! Welcome to the Whitney Soul Podcast. We know that Whitney Houston was a singer and actress. We know that she was one of the greatest singers in the history of music. We know that she is one of the best selling music artist of all time with over 220 million record sold worldwide.


Whitney starred and films like: The Bodyguard, Waiting To Exhale, The Preachers Wife,The 1997 film Cinderella, and 2012 film Sparkle. Whitney Houston produced and starred in Sparkle. She is best known for producing the 1997 film Cinderella. She took on the role of the fairy godmother.

Whitney Houston also produced the Princes Diaries and the Cheetah Girls. The movies were very successful.

Whitney was also recognizing other people who had talent. She recognized three sisters and two cousins who were called Sunday. They were managed by Whitney Houston and Robin Crawford. I don't think they are singing now, but people still remember the group and talk about the group. They were a very good group. Whitney recorded background vocals for the song All of a Sudden on Sundays 2000 self titled debut album. Sunday made a song featuring Whitney Houston Believe In Love.

There was a record label called Better Place Records founded by Whitney Houston. The parent label was Capital Records.

It was Whitney Houston who gave Brandy her first movie credit. She played as Cinderella in the 1997 film Cinderella.

Whitney wanted Aaliyah to be in her movie Sparkle.

Whitney Houston was more than a singer she was more than an actress she was Whitney Houston the producer.

You're listening to the Whitney Soul Podcast, the first episode of 2024. I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.

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Lisa Stansfield has been around the world. “All Around the World" became a very successful single peeking at number one in many countries.

Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Welcome to the show and welcome to a brand new year 2024. Today's topic is Lisa Stansfield an English singer songwriter and actress. Her song All Around the World came from her debut studio album Affection (1989). It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris. The song received favorable reviews from music critics. Songwriters, Stansfield, Devaney and Morris, received the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. “All Around the World" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards. Additionally, Stansfield was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

In 1992, Stansfield re-recorded "All Around the World" as a duet with Barry White. This version was included on her single "Time to Make You Mine" (March 1992). The song is largely influenced by American singer-songwriter Barry White. As a tribute to him, a spoken intro was made on "All Around the World" like the one on the album version of White's "Let the Music Play", only shorter.

I'll never forget that night I saw Lisa Stansfield singing All Around the World live at the Apollo. She was moving the crowd. The audience loved her.

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for tuning in. Today's topic Lisa Stansfield.

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Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Aaliyah recorded a song titled one in One In A Million for her second studio album of the same name. One In A Million was nominated for best R&B/Soul Single-Female at the 1998 Soul Train Music Awards.

Aaliyah sang One In A Million but was one in a million and still one in a million because she's admired and fans are still showing their love for her. You know she had to be a very special person. There's a spirit in all of us telling our hearts that she should still be here. We miss her very much. Aaliyah was ahead of us. Her music and words are left for us. Your love is one is one in a million.

You know you can talk to God about people that you miss. The Lord listens and pays attention to his people. I couldn't tell you if I didn't know. God will give you the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4). All things are possible but we must believe.

In the year of 2001, when Aaliyah passed away, so did my mom. That same year. As I prayed in the hospital room, the Lord brought my mom back to me a few more hours. I didn't know then what I know now.

But God will answer prayers. The Lord said to me: “My power is not gone.” The Lord is still working miracles. We must spend time with the Lord to know what we have in him. The kingdom of God is within you (Saint Luke 17:21). In him you can be one in a million. Think on the words one in a million as you think about God and as you think about Aaliyah.

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Coming up next: DJ Herc a Jamaican American DJ who is credited with being one of the founders of hip-hop music in the Bronx, New York City in 1973. Nicknamed the father of hip-hop DJ Kool Herc began playing hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown.


HipHop legend Kool Herc joins Bob Lee to share more about the mark he has left on the hip-hop industry coming up next.

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Bobby Womack was an American singer, musician and songwriter. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, jazz, soul, rock and roll, doo-wop, and gospel.

Do you know that Bobby Womack made a Christmas album? He made a Christmas album titled Traditions which is the 22nd studio album by Womack. The album was released on November 4, 1999 on The Rght Stuff Records. There are 17 tracks on the album. There are Christmas songs such as Dear Santa Clause, This Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Ain’t Christmas, White Christmas, The First Noel, Hark the Harold Angels Sing, and a whole lot more.

My favorite is Christmas Ain’t Christmas. I love his way of singing it. I like the way he was singing out on the record expressing himself. He had a soulful voice.

I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening. Have a Very Merry Christmas.

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Welcome to the show everyone. Today's topic is Klique. Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. How many of you remember the R&B Trio group Klique? Howard Huntsberry, Isaac Suthers, and his sister Deborah Hunter. Maybe you remember their video Stop Doggin’ Me Around. The single was released in 1983. It made the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a cover version of Jackie Wilson's 1960 hit Stop Doggin’ Me Around which reached number 50 on the Hot 100 and number two on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1983. In total, they had nine songs on Billboards R&B chart.

I love the way they sang Stop Doggin’ Me Around. I think it was Howard Huntsberry that was the lead singer of the song. He sounded a lot like Jackie Wilson.
So if you're in the mood for some R&B and haven't heard Klique, check them out today.

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Today's topic: Sunshine Anderson

You've heard her lead single "Heard It All Before" released May 21, 2001. Peaked at number 18 on the billboard hot 100 and at number three on the R&B charts. I was hearing Anderson single a lot. It seems like everywhere I went I heard that song. It came from her album titled Your Woman released in April 2001. The album debuted at number eight on billboard hot 200 and number two on Top R&B charts.


After hearing the chorus of the single Heard It All Before, it was the harmony that made me pay attention. Then I began to pay attention to Anderson's message. Then I had to hear it from the beginning. And whenever I heard it again and again, it made me tap my feet, and it made me think about dancing. I thought: OK! That song got me.” And I always listen when she gets to the part “Look who's hurting now” and wait for that line to be repeated. And off and on in the song I would hear the music play the chorus. Sunshine Anderson was getting down with a new sound and a new song. She had a unique way with how she sang the message to her song with the music and backup singers. The song is about a woman who was fed up and tired of lies from her man.

I'm Gail Nobles. Sunshine Anderson is today's topic.

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According to headlines, Melissa Barrera and Susan Sarandon and others in Hollywood lose jobs because of Israel-Hamas war.

Susan was dropped by a talent agency after comments about the war. Well, if she has comments and opinions about it, she has a right to speak. Everyone has a right to their own opinion to say what they believe, and we all have a right to stand up for what we believe is right with God on our side if it’s right. And when we stand up we, should be able to do it without fear.

Susan Sarandon is an actress. She has received a Daytime Emmy Award, six Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. In 2002, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her acting career began in the drama film Joe (1970), the soap opera A World Apart (1970–1971), Thelma & Louise (1991), Blue Beetle (2023) just to name a few.

Melissa Barrera is a Mexican actress. You may know her from her role as Sam Carpenter in the slasher films Scream (2022), and Scream VI (2023). I’m Gail Nobles.

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Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Thank God for music. It may not be like the days of old, but we still have music, and we still have time. And we can always go back and listen to our 60s times when we had social, political. and cultural change. And our 70s times when we had political changes like the rise and fall of disco. We’ce got 80s and we've got 90s. We’ve got music to listen to. There is still a lot of music that we may have not heard from the past.

Let's talk about today's music. Compared to the days of old, some of it is just pitiful. I probably would not know that if I had not been born in the 70s. My ears would not know the real drums, the real bass. piano, violins, and horns. The real sound of Orchestra. My brain would not have known to catch on to the signal from music if I had not been born in the 70s to know what's real. I wouldn't know the sound of a natural voice in music if I had not been born in the 70s.

A lot is missing in music today, and there is impact on music. Singers, songwriters, and musicians get their inspiration from their experiences and surroundings. They have technology now, and that has brought change to music. Things are made easy for us to do today. It's not like the days of old when you really had to know how to sing or play an instrument or really know how to write a great song from the heart. All of that can bring change and have an impact on music. Even the way we buy music today and how music is promoted.

Like in the days of old, we're going through changes today in these times with music. Ever changing times because what worked in the past may not work in the future. We”ve got to learn, grow, and embrace new ideas. Not only with music but with other things too.

I'm Gail Nobles today's topic: Music and Times.

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Hello! I'm Gail Nobles. Do you ever go back to stop and listen to how Aaliyah sang The National Anthem at age 16? I listened to her sing it and heard a much bigger voice. She sang The National Anthem with no music. She sang the song so well without music that I could sense it with her voice. She was really singing out strong to the crowd.

When Aaliyah was singing the songs she sang on all of her albums, I knew she had a voice. I knew that there was more but because of the style of the songs and music, she didn't use her voice like she could have. Hearing her sing The National Anthem told me that. Aaliyah could sing. I always believe she could do a lot more with her voice.

If you have heard Aaliyah when she was a little girl on Star Search, you know I'm telling the truth. She was an awesome singer then at a very very young age, and she never stop singing.

I'm Gail Nobles, and you're listening to a podcast about the Princess of R&B, Aaliyah.

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Riverman a song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left. In 2004 the song was remastered and released as a 7" vinyl and as enhanced CD single including a video to the song by Tim Pope.

Nick Drake was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but posthumously his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognition. I suppose that means after his death.

I think Nick Drake had some really good talent. The song River Man was a good song. I can't understand why some music artist like him didn't get that wide audience. Records don't always sell even if the artist does have great talent. There might be several reasons why.
Well, the River Man song is known. There is just something about that song.

I'm Gail Nobles on the p Cat Bear. Today's topic: Nick Drake River Man.

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Last year I mentioned the National R&B Music Day which is observed on the first Saturday of March each year. It is a national day of recognition and celebration for R&B music declared by the US National Day Archives organization. To find out more, go to nationalarchives.com.

So who do you think of when you think of R&B music? I think of the famous duet between Lionel Richie and Diana Ross singing Endless Love.

Endless Love was written by Lionel Richie. In the ballad, the singers declare their endless love for one another. Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all time. There were other singers that covered the song, but I like the original the best.

Lionel Richie and Diana Ross recorded the song for Motown, and it was used as the theme for Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love.

While the film Endless Love was a modest box-office success, the song became the second-biggest selling single of the year in the United States and reached number one on the Hot 100, where it stayed for nine weeks from August 15 to October 10, 1981. It also topped the Billboard R&B chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached number seven in the United Kingdom.

I'm Gail Nobles. Tune in next time for more.

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Madonna Celebration Tour has finally begun. It had been postponed for several months because she had something going on concerning her health this year. According to the news it was a health scare. Madonna is back and on her new tour. She has recovered.

I have been hearing a while that Madonna wasn't feeling so well. I was concerned, but I'm just glad she's back and able to go on to her celebration tour. And I'm glad she's doing well with her children.

For tickets and more info on her celebration tour go to www.madonna.com/tour.
You’re listening to CB news. I'm Gail Nobles.

Hello, I'm Gail Nobles. I've got some sad news today. According to the headlines, Rudolph Isley of the Isley Brothers has passed away at age 84. He was one of the founding members of the Isley Brothers. According to the news, Rudolph died from a heart attack at his home. He wrote and recorded and released the significant recording "Shout" with his brothers landing a deal with RCA records in 1959. "Shout" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Rudolph & his brothers also had other hits like That Lady and It's Your Thing. Following Shout, Rudolph and his brothers recorded for other labels with modest success with exceptions including the top 40 hit, Twist and Shout and the Motown hit This Old Heart Of Mine ( Is Weak For You)

I'm Gail Nobles. You're listening to the CB News Break.